When men and women enter the legal profession, many of them have expectations of a comfortable, if not lavish lifestyle, with financial rewards, job satisfaction and gratitude from clients. Reality, however, does not always measure up to this assumption.

Encouraging diversity within a legal team is often not as simple as an assemblage of policies aimed at promoting tolerance in the workplace; it requires vision and strong leadership to bring out the true potential in any team member.

Women working in the legal force realm have been making a statement since the start of the summernoise recently. Starting off with Laureen Seeger’s appointment as general counsel at American Express, Kristin Coleman and Vivian Yang followed shortly after as the two were named GCs at Sears and RealD, respectively....

Sears Holdings, the company formed via the merger of Sears, Roebuck and Co. and the Kmart Corporation, has named Kristin M. Coleman as its new senior vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary.

Jennifer D. Malinovsky has been elected to the Executive Committee at Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP and Susan Jackson has joined the IP team of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP, resident in the Charlotte office as a partner.